Linda Marks, MSM, is pioneer in body psychotherapy who has developed, taught and practiced Emotional-Kinesthetic Psychotherapy (EKP) for 32 years. She is also a singer/songwriter, and loves the way music can speak heart to heart.

Author of LIVING WITH VISION and HEALING THE WAR BETWEEN THE GENDERS, she co-founded the Massachusetts Association of Body Psychotherapists and Counseling Bodyworkers and is the founder of the Boston Area Sexuality and Spirituality Network. She holds degrees from Yale and MIT.

Linda sings "Autumn Leaves" at Scullers with Terry Smith on guitar and Doug Hammer on piano

At The Music Salon

in Waltham, MA:

House Concerts

6 pm Potluck

6:30 pm Visual Art Presentation

7 pm Concert

November 18: Singer/songwriter Rick Drost

Featured visual artist: Colleen Sgroi

December 9: Musical duo David Scott and Mark Shilansky

Featured rocks and minerals expert Kyle Russell

January 13: Musical duo Three at Home (Mary and Dann)

March 24: Singer/songwriter duo Lori Diamond and Fred Abatelli

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Both the body psychotherapy work I have done for the past 32 years and my music, which has been my deepest creative passion throughout my life, come from the same source: the heart.

As this newsletter has evolved to include all of my work, I am aware that some people welcome this evolution, and others don't.
If you would like to give me feedback about what interests you and is most valuable for you to receive in a newsletter, I would greatly appreciate your feedback. Please send a note to lsmheart@aol.com. Many thanks!

I am greatly looking forward to singing and playing with pianist and vocalist Bobby Gadoury at Grill 37 in Putnam, CT on Sunday, November 19 from 4 - 8 pm.

This month's featured article is "Me Too And All Of Us" responding to the viral Facebook campaign and the deeper issues it brings to the surface.

October had lots of wonderful gigs. A highlight was playing at Main Streets Market and Cafe in Concord. Thanks to Lori Diamond and Fred Abatelli and Abigail Arndt for sharing the stage!

Thanks to Lori Diamond and Fred Abatelli for playing with me and Abigail Arndt at Main Streets Market and Cafe

Playing a set of original songs at
the Loop at the Armory Cafe in Somerville was great fun, and I and met some wonderful other singer/songwriters!
Mary and Dann (Three At Home) will be playing in the Music Salon on January 13!

Singer/songwriter Rick Drost

On Saturday, November 18, singer/songwriter Rick Drost will perform at the Music Salon. Painter Colleen Sgroi will be our featured visual artist.

On November 25, 2017, I will be releasing my new
Singer/Songwriter album, which contains ONLY original songs.

If you would like to get a pre-release copy contact me at lsmheart@aol.com or (617)913-0683.

Community As Healer:

If you would like to experience the heart-centered body psychotherapy work I do, and be part of a community of literal "helping hands," you can attend the monthly
Community As Healer Group in Newton on Sunday, November 5 from 1 - 4 pm and Sunday December 10 from 1 - 4 pm.

Your comments and feedback are always welcome!

Heartfully

Linda

"What keeps us alive,

what allows us to endure?

I think it is the hope of loving,

or being loved.

I heard a fable once about the sun

going on a journey

to find its source,

and how the moon wept

without her lover's warm gaze.

We weep when light does not

reach our hearts.

We wither like fields

if someone close does not rain

their kindness upon us."

~Meister Eckhart

"What brings fulfillment is gratefulness,

the simple response of our heart

to this life in its fullness."

--Brother David Steindl-Rast

"Let yourself be silently drawn

by the strange pull of what

you really love.

It will not lead you astray."

--Jalaluddin Rumi

October Gig Highlights

Linda Marks and Terry Smith at Jazz Brunch at L'Aroma Cafe

At the October Music Salon

At Main Streets Market and Cafe

Me Too And All Of Us

So much is happening socially and politically in our country right now. Add in natural forces like hurricanes, and life can feel daunting and out of control.

This past month, the "Me Too" campaign that went viral on Facebook gave me lots to reflect on. Though not entirely surprising, it was powerful and deeply troubling to see just how many of my female friends and colleagues had experienced sexual violence.

And though my experience as a 16 year old surviving an attempted rape and murder has always been front and center, contributing to the body of work I evolved as a heart-centered body psychotherapist, until the "Me Too" campaign, I did not really focus on all the other experiences of inappropriate advances that I have experienced from my childhood through teenage years, through college and into my professional years. As I started to tally all the experiences, it was truly daunting not only that so many incidents happened, but also that I had put them aside, even dismissed them because none was as life threatening or significant as the incident that happened when I was 16.

It also seemed important to note that male friends and colleagues had experienced inappropriate sexual advances in addition to my female friends and colleagues. And that underlying this whole epidemic is a misuse of power and a lack of understanding of the sacredness of sexuality in our lives.

Music is such a source of great joy, and is a universal language to connect people heart-to-heart.

The Music Salon provides an opportunity each month to build community through music and art.

Poet Beatriz Alba shared words from the heart and Cabaret Singer Patrice McKinley accompanied by Tom LaMark at the piano shared Patrice's recovery journey through story and song, "Ordinary Miracles"at the October Music Salon.

EKP is Emotional-Kinesthetic Psychotherapy, a heart-centered, body-centered psychotherapy method Linda Marks developed and has taught and practiced for nearly twenty years. Working with the heart, touch with permission, the wisdom of the body and the intuitive guidance of the spirit, EKP creates a special sense of intimacy that deeply touches and transforms most all who participate.

Participants can be "client," witness or helper as an individual group member has a "turn" to do deeper heart-centered, body-centered psychospiritual work in the center. Since the electromagnetic field of the heart extends out 10 - 12 feet from our bodies, as we go deeper and open our hearts, we are all touched.

EKP helps restore our capacity as organs of perception. The skin is our largest organ, and a source of soul deep knowing, perception and expression. When our hearts and hands can work as one, we move beyond defenses safely and respectfully and find freedom, connection and expression.

Emotional safety is the foundation of EKP. When we are emotionally safe, we are more aware of feelings, sensations and deeper thoughts in our bodies and hearts. You will have a chance to listen to and care for your heart as you help create and hold a safe healing space for everyone's heart. Experience what we mean when we say that in EKP, "when anyone has a turn, everyone has a turn."

Albums by Linda Marks

Linda has two new albums for 2017.
Say Yes to Lovewas released 9/1/17,
Singer/Songwriterwill be released 11/25/17, and and contains
ONLY Linda's original songs.

To get your pre-release copy, contact lsmheart@aol.com or (617)913-0683

Say Yes To Love, Coming Full Circle and
Heart To Heart are available for purchase on CD Baby, iTunes, and Amazon (or through me directly). And you can hear my songs on Spotify and YouTube as well.

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